Sparse, small, but diverse neural connections help make perception reliable, efficient
First detailed mapping and modeling of thalamus inputs onto visual cortex neurons show brain leverages “wisdom of the crowd” to process sensory information.
Physicists observe rare resonance in molecules for the first time
The findings could provide a new way to control chemical reactions.
Paying it forward
When she’s not analyzing data about her favorite biomolecule, senior Sherry Nyeo focuses on improving the undergraduate experience at MIT.
Study: Superconductivity switches on and off in “magic-angle” graphene
A quick electric pulse completely flips the material’s electronic properties, opening a route to ultrafast, brain-inspired, superconducting electronics.
Targeting cancer with a multidrug nanoparticle
Using bottlebrush-shaped particles, researchers can identify and deliver synergistic combinations of cancer drugs.
“This is the type of life that I want”
Poet, student advocate, and math/physics double-major Catherine Ji is living boldly at MIT.
MIT mathematicians receive honors for 2023
MIT faculty, students, and alumni collect prizes at the recent Joint Mathematics Meetings.
Putting clear bounds on uncertainty
Computer scientists want to know the exact limits in our ability to clean up, and reconstruct, partly blurred images.
How Huntington’s disease affects different neurons
A new study identifies cells that are the most vulnerable within a brain structure involved in mood and movement.
New technologies reveal cross-cutting breakdowns in Alzheimer’s disease
“Single-cell profiling” is helping neuroscientists see how disease affects major brain cell types and identify common, potentially targetable pathways.
Can you trust your quantum simulator?
A new technique helps verify the accuracy of experiments that probe the strange behavior of atomic-scale systems.
Compassion in the details
The late MIT Professor Angelika Amon was recognized as Committed to Caring for her generous and encompassing mentorship.
Christopher Walsh, influential chemical biologist and former department chair at MIT, dies at 79
Beloved professor and “titan of chemical biology” spent 15 years on the MIT faculty, leading the Department of Chemistry from 1982 to 1987.
Holding information in mind may mean storing it among synapses
Comparing models of working memory with real-world data, MIT researchers find information resides not in persistent neural activity, but in the pattern of its connections.
Enzyme “atlas” helps researchers decipher cellular pathways
Biologists have mapped out more than 300 protein kinases and their targets, which they hope could yield new leads for cancer drugs.